Coin depositing and dispensing machine

Abstract

In a coin depositing and dispensing machine 10, a plurality of storing and feeding apparatuses 50 disposed below a deposited-coin transport unit 20 are arranged vertically on plural levels. A transport direction in which a coin is transported by the deposited-coin transport unit and a feeding direction in which a coin is fed out from each storing and feeding unit are substantially perpendicular to each other.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A coin feeding apparatus comprising:
 a rotating disk that is inclined at a predetermined angle relative to a vertical direction, and is configured to be rotated in one direction; 
 a transport projecting member disposed on an outer portion of a surface of the rotating disk, the transport projecting member and the surface of the rotating disk being configured to catch at least one coin in a lower area of the rotating disk so as to transport the coin to an upper area of the rotating disk by the rotation of the rotating disk in the one direction; 
 an elimination projection member disposed on an inner portion of the surface of the rotating disk, the inner portion being located closer to a center of the rotating disk than the outer portion in the radial direction of the rotating disk, wherein a leading edge of the transport projecting member extends past a leading edge of the elimination projection member in the one direction of the rotation of the rotating disk; 
 a guide member opposed to the surface of the rotating disk, and 
 an outlet configured to feed out, to outside, the coin transported to an upper area of the rotating disk by the transport projecting member and the surface of the rotating disk, 
 wherein, the elimination projection member and the guide member are configured such that, 
 when the transport projecting member and the surface of the rotating disk catches one first coin and at least one second coin together by the rotation of the rotating disk in the one direction, 
 the guide member guides the first coin to the outlet, catches the second coin being floated up from the surface of the rotating disk by the elimination projection member and drops the floated-up second coin to the lower area of the rotating disk. 
 
     
     
       2. The coin feeding apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the elimination projection member is configured such that, when one coin having a largest diameter, among coins of various denominations to be fed out by the coin feeding apparatus, is transported by the transport projecting member by rotating of the rotating disk, the coin is caused not to float up from the surface of the rotating disk. 
 
     
     
       3. The coin feeding apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the elimination projection member is located closer to a center of the rotating disk than the transport projecting member. 
 
     
     
       4. The coin feeding apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the elimination projection member is configured such that, when the first coin and the second coin are transported to the upper area of the rotating disk together by the transport projection member, the first coin being guided to the outlet by the guide member does not float up from the surface of the rotating disk and the second coin floats up from the surface of rotating disk and drops to the lower area of the rotating disk. 
 
     
     
       5. The coin feeding apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 a plurality of sets of the rotating transport projection members and the elimination projection members are located along a circumferential direction of the rotating disk. 
 
     
     
       6. The coin feeding apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the elimination projection member is configured such that, when the second coin floats up from the surface of the rotating disk, a front part of the second coin floats up in a rotating direction of the rotating disk; and 
 when the front part of the second coin floats up from the surface of the rotating disk, the second coin is dropped to the lower area of the rotating disk without being fed out by the guide member to outside the rotating disk. 
 
     
     
       7. The coin feeding apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 a height, at which the front part of the second coin float up from the rotating disk, is larger than a height of a position at which the guide member is to catch the second coin. 
 
     
     
       8. The coin feeding apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the elimination projection member is movable between a projecting position at which the elimination projection member projects from the surface of the rotating disk and a withdrawn position at which the elimination projection member is withdrawn into the rotating disk; and 
 when the elimination projection member comes close to the guide member by rotating the rotating disk, the elimination projection member is moved from the withdrawn position to the projecting position.